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Resource Number: 5BL7970 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) iii 21. General Architectural Description . 23. Landscape or setting special features: ; This property is located on the west side of This wood frame dwelling is supported by a concrete foundation, e Front Street to the east of downtown Louisville. and its exterior walls are comprised of blue undulated asbestos ;<)' A chain link fence encloses the front yard to the shingle siding. The front gabled roof features boxed eaves, and is east, while the backyard, and side yards are covered with grey asphalt shingles. There are no chimneys. ii enclosed by woven wire fences. A 4'-wide Window patterns include 1/1 double-hung sash, 2/2 double-hung sidewalk, separated from the curb by a 2'-wide sash, and 3/1 double-hungsash (ribbon style), all withpainted R grass strip, y parallels Front Street to the east. tt white wood frames and surrounds, and with exterior metal storm 'ft# windows. Windows on the facade (east elevation) are decorated with flower boxes beneath the sills. A stained natural brown y. wood-paneled door,with a painted white wood screen door,opens 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects 1 onto a concrete sidewalk on the facade. The entry is covered by Secondary Residence; Garage a gabled hood with kneebrace supports. A 22' by 8' enclosed =t shed-roofed rear porch addition to the west (rear) elevation %"": predates 1959. A painted white solid wood door enters the .>:::.....:: :.. >::>:::: ::::::: :<: : ::;:;:: :::::.:::;::;::;::s::: :;:::s:<:>:::::: .:::::.:. enclosed rear porch at the west end of the south elevation. • iii iii IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY A Secondary Residence, located to the southwest of the house, measures 13' N-S by 37' E-W. This wood frame building rests on 25. Date of Construction: a concrete foundation, is cladded with blue masonite siding, and It Estimate ca. 1890 is covered by a front gabled roof, with grey asphalt shingles, and r Actual with painted white exposed rafter ends. Window patterns include 3-light hoppers, 4-light hoppers, single-light hoppers, and 2-light 'f Source of information: fixed-panes. A painted white glass-in-wood-frame door is located g3 Sanborn maps on the west elevation. A painted white wood-paneled door, with 4 a black metal storm door, is located on the east elevation. i 26. Architect: A wood-frame Garage, located on the alley to the west, measures i nla II. 14' by 19'. The garage features a concrete slab floor, with a low concrete perimeter walls foundation. The garage's exterior walls _: Source of information: are a combination of painted blue horizontal masonite siding, and t, n/a asphalt shingle siding. The garage roof is a moderately-pitched front gable, with deteriorated green asphalt shingles over lx wood decking and 2x wood rafters. There are no windows. Paired 27. Builder/ Contractor: painted white wood-paneled garage doors open onto the asphalt unknown paved alley on the west elevation. A single painted white wood- paneled door is located on the east elevation. Source of information: n/a 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: iii 28. Original owner: Boulder County Assessor records list 1900 as this house's year of unknown construction, a date that seems plausible given the house's condition and architectural character. Louisville's 1893, 1900 and Source of information: 1908 Sanborn insurance maps depict a dwelling located here, but n/a its footprint does not exactly match the extant dwelling. A 13' by 8'shed-roofed rear porch addition was constructed before circa 30. Original location: yes 1960. A Boulder County appraisal card for the property includes Moved no a notation indicating the secondary residence was moved onto the Date of move(s) n/a property not long before 1959. The garage at the northwest corner of the property is depicted on the 1908 Sanborn map, but not on the 1893 or 1900 maps. Hence, it was evidently constructed between 1900 and 1908. 4